Albany police searching for armed robbers

Updated 2:30 pm, Tuesday, January 8, 2013

ALBANY — Police are looking for two men who they say robbed a Stewart's shop at gunpoint two weeks ago and may have robbed other stores in Colonie and Menands.

At 10:30 p.m. Dec. 28, the suspects, one of which was armed with a shotgun or rifle, walked into the 542 Central Ave. Stewart's and demanded cash from the register, Officer Steve Smith said. The cashier gave the suspects cash and they fled, the police spokesman said.

One of the suspects is described as a 6-foot-2, 200-pound black male who wore a dark hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans and had a black scarf covering his face, Smith said. The other suspect is 6-foot, 170 pounds and had his face covered during the robbery, Smith said.